Cynthia Tucker

Date of Birth

13-March-1955

Place of Birth

Monroeville
(Monroe County, Alabama, United States of America)

Nationality

United States of America

Profession

Journalist, Editor

Cynthia Tucker, one of The Atlanta Journal-Constitutionâ€™s highest-profile columnists for more than 20 years, left the AJC to become a visiting professor at the University of Georgiaâ€™s journalism school in Aug, 2011. As an American columnist and blogger for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, she received a Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2007 "for her courageous, clear-headed columns that evince a strong sense of morality and persuasive knowledge of the community." She was also a Pulitzer finalist in 2004 and 2006. Tucker is on the Advisory Council at the International Women's Media Foundation.